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NAME
     mv - rename files

SYNOPSIS
     mv [options] source dest
     mv [options] source... directory
     Options:
     [-bfiuv] [-S backup-suffix] [-V  {numbered,existing,simple}]
     [+backup]   [+force]   [+interactive]  [+update]  [+verbose]
     [+suffix=backup-suffix]                           [+version-
     control={numbered,existing,simple}]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents the GNU version of  mv.   If  the
     last  argument  names  an  existing directory, mv moves each
     other given file into a file with  the  same  name  in  that
     directory.  Otherwise, if only two files are given, it moves
     the first onto the second.  It is an error if the last argu-
     ment  is  not a directory and more than two files are given.
     It can move only regular files  across  filesystems.   If  a
     destination file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty,
     and the -_f or +_f_o_r_c_e option is not  given,  mv  prompts  the
     user  for  whether  to  overwrite the file.  If the response
     does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

  OPTIONS
     -_b, +_b_a_c_k_u_p
          Make backups of files that are about to be removed.

     -_f, +_f_o_r_c_e
          Remove existing destination files and never prompt  the
          user.

     -_i, +_i_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e
          Prompt whether to overwrite each destination file  that
          already  exists.   If  the response does not begin with
          `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

     -_u, +_u_p_d_a_t_e
          Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing  desti-
          nation with the same or newer modification time.

     -_v, +_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
          Print the name of each file before moving it.

     -_S, +_s_u_f_f_i_x _b_a_c_k_u_p-_s_u_f_f_i_x
          The suffix used for making simple backup files  can  be
          set with the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable,
          which can be overridden by this option.  If neither  of
          those is given, the default is `~', as it is in Emacs.

     -_V, +_v_e_r_s_i_o_n-_c_o_n_t_r_o_l {_n_u_m_b_e_r_e_d,_e_x_i_s_t_i_n_g,_s_i_m_p_l_e}



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          The  type  of  backups  made  can  be  set   with   the
          VERSION_CONTROL  environment  variable,  which  can  be
          overridden by this option.  If VERSION_CONTROL  is  not
          set  and  this  option is not given, the default backup
          type is `existing'.  The value of  the  VERSION_CONTROL
          environment  variable  and  the argument to this option
          are like the GNU Emacs `version-control' variable; they
          also recognize synonyms that are more descriptive.  The
          valid values are (unique abbreviations are accepted):

          `t' or `numbered'
               Always make numbered backups.

          `nil' or `existing'
               Make numbered backups of files that  already  have
               them, simple backups of the others.

          `never' or `simple'
               Always make simple backups.




































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